John and Kevin discuss the revelation from the Public Order Emergency Commission hearings in Ottawa this week. The federal government had not one, but two, peaceful solutions to end the protest in Ottawa, but these were ignored as they invoked the Emergencies Act. Later, John takes us through a list of laws governments could have used to end the demonstrations short of using emergencies powers.
LINK TO FULL EPISODE
https://justicewithjohn.buzzsprout.com/805103/11605300-s03e42-no-peaceful-resolutions
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iUa_SBiUK8
President John Carpay reacts to the decision in the Ingram v. Alberta case, invalidating the public health orders of Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Chief Medical Officer of Health (CMOH).
Read the case summary at https://www.jccf.ca/alberta-court-strikes-down-public-health-orders-that-violated-charter-freedoms/
Read John's related column at https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/carpay-a-win-on-a-technicality-but-still-a-win/article_83335e9a-317a-11ee-8f3d-4f7c63ae0ec6.html
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ6rBZXwe_I
In the latest escalation of rights infringements, governments in Canada are now actively discussing legislation which would mandate vaccination for Covid. Citizens across the country are rightly concerned. In other provinces, governments are saying that the vaccine will not be forced, but there will be consequences for not taking it. www.jccf.ca
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcr14keaYx4
The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms www.jccf.ca reports the continued withdrawal of tickets issued to citizens for alleged violations of public health orders.
The Justice Centre represents close to 100 individuals who have been ticketed for alleged breaches of public health orders in BC, AB, SK and ON for such things as allegedly participating in peaceful protests, not wearing a mask, providing services during lockdowns, not complying with public health guidelines on signage, and other issues surrounding the Charter freedoms to move, travel, assemble, associate, worship and express themselves. So far, all COVID-related tickets that the Justice Centre has defended have been withdrawn by Crown Prosecutors before trial.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2-D6CjViT8
Brendan Miller, Foster LLP, barrister for Freedom Convoy Organizers, cross-examines John Ossowski, retired President of the Canada Border Services Agency, at the Public Order Emergency Commission hearings in Ottawa on November 16, 2022. Miller asks Ossowski if knows of any security agency in Canada that advised the federal government the threshold to invoke the Emergencies Act had been met.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXRy-FYK6q4
Brendan Miller, Foster LLP, barrister for Freedom Convoy Organizers, cross-examines David Vigneault, Director of Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), Michelle Tessier, CSIS Deputy Director of Operations, and Marie-Hélène Chayer, Executive Director of the Integrated Terrorism Assessment Centre, at the Public Order Emergency Commission hearings in Ottawa on November 21, 2022. After sparing with Government of Canada counsel Robert MacKinnon, Miller then asks the panel about several documents related to the government creation of a narrative smearing the Freedom Convoy protestors as violent extremists.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X138gMqm4dU
For full details on the case from the Justice Centre, which represents Pastor James Coates and Grace Life Church please see https://www.jccf.ca/alberta-premier-asked-to-release-jailed-pastor-end-religious-persecution/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YvPMQD71xk
The Justice Centre is providing daily video updates on the Public Order Emergency Commission hearings underway in Ottawa.
Hatim Kheir is counsel for the Justice Centre at the hearings along with Rob Kittredge.
Follow the Justice Centre's updates on the Commission at https://twitter.com/jccfpoec.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCxXfXHpPBQ